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"Fortune,  that  name  for  the  unknown  combination  of  an  infinite  power, 
is  wanting  to  us,  and  without  her  aid,  the  desjgns  of  ma  re  as  bubbles 
pij a  troubled  ocean." — Napier. 


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Dedicated  to  the  127,000  North  Carolinians — 
glorious  Sons  of  War — who  by  their  sublime 
courage  made  the  State 

...IMMORTAL... 

By  a  Comrade 


statement  Showing  the  Relative  Strength  '  ^ 

of  the  North  and  the  South  at  the  Out=  ULS   ' 

break  of  Hostilities  in  1861. 

Military  population  of  the  Northern  States  in  1860 3,904,647 

Military  population  of  the  Southern  States  in  1860 898.184 

Difference  in  favor  of  the  North 3,006,463 

The  military  population  embraced  all  white  males  between  the  ages  of  18 
to  45. 
Military  population  of  the  Southern  States  in  1860: 

Alabama 99,967 

Arkansas 65,231 

Florida 15,739 

Georgia 111,005 

Louisiana 83,456 

Mississippi 70,295 

North  Carolina 115,369 

South  Carolina 55,046 

Tennessee 159,353 

Texas 92,145 

Virginia 196,507 

Total 1,064,193 

Deduct  86,009  that  entered  the  Federal  service  and  80,'  00  of  the  South- 
ern Union  men  who  never  fought  for  the  South,  and  there  remain  but  898,- 
184  men. 

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Military  Population  of  the  Three  Border 
States,  Etc. 

The  military  population  of  the  three  border  States  in  1860  was: 

Kentucky 180,589 

Maryland 102,715 

Missouri 232,781 


Total , 516,085 

These  three  States  furnished  231,509  men  to  the  Northern  armies,  or  a 
number  exceeding  one-third  of  the  whole  Southern  enrollment,  divided  as 
follows: 

Whites 190,744 

Negroes 40,765 

In  the  Federal  service  were  494,900  foreigners  and  186,917  negroes.  The 
foreigners  and  negroes  numbered  more  men  than  was  in  the  whole  South- 
ern army. 

North  Carolina  furnished  two  regiments  of  cavalry  and  two  of  infantry 
to  the  Union  army. 

The  number  of  men  furnished  by  the  North  from  all  states  and  territories 
aggregated  2,778,304. 


Number  of  Troops  Furnished  from  North 
Carolina. 

Number  of  troops  from  North  Carolina    (Adjutant-General's  report  No- 
vember 19,  1869): 

Transferred  to  Confederate  States  by  original  rolls  on  file 64,636 

Number  of  conscripts,  report  of  General  Holmes,  Feb.  9,  1865 21,348 

Enlisted  recruits  since  1862 21,608 

Number  of  North  Carolinians  serving  in  other  States 3,100 

Number  of  detailed  men  (in  three  regiments  and  one  battalion)  3,117 

Number  of  Junior  Reserves 4,207 

Additions  by  coming  of  age,  after  Nov.  19,  1864,  and  other  addi- 
tions (estimated)  nine  regiments  reorganized  Home  Guards  '64-5  5,000 


125,416 
Besides  these.  North  Carolina  had  in  service  within  the  State: 

Senior  Reserves " 5,686 

State  Troops 3,203 

8,489 


Relative  Strength  of  the  Federal  and  Con° 
federate  Armies  at  the  Closing,  Etc. 

On  May  1,  1865,  the  Federal  forces  numbered  1,000,516. 

In  April  1865,  the  total  aggregate  of  the  Confederate  army  was  about 
275,000.  Of  these  65,387  were  in  Federal  military  prisons,  and  52,000  were 
absent  from  various  causes  —  total  117,387.  Deduct  these  from  275,000 
and  the  total  effective  strength  at  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Confederates 
was  157,613.  The  Federal  excess  of  strength  was  640,194  present  for 
duty;  85,313  absent;  total  aggregate  725,516. 

The  mortality  was  as  follows : 

Federals  killed  or  mortally  wounded 110,070 

Died  of  disease 199,730 

Died  in  Confederate  prisons, 24,866 

Deaths  from  accidents  and  dfowning 9,058 

Deaths  from  all  other  causes,  except  battle 15,814 

Total  Federal  loss 369,528 

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Confederate  Losses  by  States,  Etc. 

The  Confederate  loss,  according  to  the  United  States  Records  of  the  war 
were  as  follows: 

Died  of  Died  of 

Killed  Wounds  Disease 

Alabama  (most  of  rolls  missing) 552  190  724 

Arkansas 2,165  915  3,782 

Florida 793  506  1,047 

Georgia 5,553  1,719  3,'702 

Louisiana 2,618  868  3,052 

Mississippi 5,807  2,651  6^807 

North  Carolina 14,552  5,151  20,602 

South  Carolina 9,187  3,735  4,760 

Tennessee 2,115  874  3^425 

Texas 1,348  1,241  1,260 

Virginia 5,328  2,519  6,947 

Border  States 1,959  733  2,142 

C.  S.  Regulars 1,007  468  l,'o40 

52,954  21,570  59,290 

Total 133,814 

Died  in  prison 26,436 

Total  Confederate  loss 160  250 

Total  Federal  loss 369  528 

Grand  total 529  773 

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Comparative  Death  Loss  in  Prison. 

Federals  confined  in  Confederate  prisons 270,000 

Confederates  confined  in  Federal  prisons 220,000 

Excess  of  Federals 50,000 

Confederates  died  in  Federal  prisons 26,436 

Federals  died  in  Confederate  prisons 22,570 

Excess  of  Confederate  deaths 3,866 

These  figures  are  from  the  reports  of  U.  S.  Secretary  of  war,  Stanton  and 
Surgeon  General  Barnes,  U.  S.  A. 


North  Carolina's  Losses. 

The  total  sacrifice  of  life  in  the  Confederate  army  by  the  bullet  and  disease 
has  been  closely  estimated  at  160,250  men.  The  captured  muster  rolls  on 
file  in  the  Bureau  of  Confederate  Archives  were  compiled  by  General  Fry, 
of  the  United  States  army,  shows,  respecting  North  Carolina,  as  follows : 
the  names  of  677  officers  and  1 3,845  men  killed  on  the  field,  a  total  of  14,522. 
Died  of  wounds,  330  officers  and  4,821  enhsted  men;  a  total  of  5,151.  A 
grand  total  by  the  bullet  of  19,673  men. 

Died  of  disease,  541  officers  and  20,602  enlisted  men ;  a  total  of  21,143. 
Summing  up  of  North  Carolina's  contribution  to  the  Civil  War,  40,816. 

And  as  great  as  this  loss  shows,  they  are  made  up  from  the  rolls  of  only  69 
regiments  and  10  battalions  of  infantry,  instead  of  78  regiments  and  20 
battalions,  which  Judge  Walter  Clark,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  North  Carolina,  includes  in  his  most  valuable  history.  In  the  records 
examined  by  General  Fry,  and  from  the  losses  sustained  by  North  Carolina, 
as  compiled.  North  Carolina  is  credited  with  only  one  regiment  of  cavalry 
and  5  battalions,  whereas  the  State  is  really  entitled  to  credit  for  7  regi- 
ments of  cavalry,  and  instead  of  2  battalions  and  9  light  batteries  the  State 
is  entitled  to  credit  for  3  regiments  of  artillery.  It  cannot,  therefore,  be 
reasonably  doubted  that  a  very  considerable  addition  must  be  made  to  the 
40,275  whose  names  are  enrolled  upon  the  bloody  scroll  of  honor,  already 
sublime,  when  we  note  that  it  was  6,000  more  than  double  the  loss  sus- 
tained by  any  other  State. 


North  Carolina's  White  Population  from 
the  Census  of  1860,  Number  of  Soldiers 
Furnished,  Etc. 

North  Carolina's  white  population  by  the  census  of  1860  was  624,945' 
As  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained  she  furnished  127,000  soldiers,  besides 
8,489  home  guards  and  militia,  called  out  from  time  to  time  for  short 
terms  of  service  within  the  State,  and  North  Carolina's  quota  was  78 
regiments,  averaging  1600  men  each,  and  20  battalions,  the  latter  chiefly 
artillery  and  cavalry.  Of  these,  68  regiments  and  10  battalions  went  into 
service  as  early  as  1862.  North  Carolina's  military  population  from  18  to 
45  at  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  was  115,369,  and  yet  North  Carolina 
furnished  12,000  more  soldiers  than  her  arms-bearing  population.  Surely 
it  can  be  said,  she  ground  the  "Seed  Corn"  and  robbed  the  Cradle  and  the 
Grave. 

The  first  libation  was  poured  upon  the  altar  of  Southern  liberties  when 
the  soul  of  Henry  L.  Wyatt  went  to  the  home  of  the  Soldier  and  the  Patriot 
at  Bethel.  The  high-water  mark  of  human  courage  was  reached  when  at 
Gettysburg  and  Chicamauga  North  Carolina  soldiers  bore  the  Stars  and 
Bars  upon  the  very  crest  of  the  wave.  The  expiring  efforts  of  the  "Storm- 
Cradled  Republic  that  fell"  were  made  by  North  Carolinians— Generals 
Grimes,  Cox,  and  Roberts.     Henry  A.  London,  of  Chatham  county,  North 

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Carolina,  of  Gen.  Grimes'  staft,  carried  the  last  dispatch  at  Appomattox, 
and  when  the  curtain  fell  upon  the  bloody  tragedy  at  Appomattox,  North 
Carolinians  were  the  pall-bearers. 

It  was  of  these  faithful  Bayards  that  in  the  hour  of  the  last  march  General 
Lee  said: 

"God  bless  North  Carolina." 


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Per  Cent  of  Greatest  Regimental  Losses. 

Summary  of  percentage  of  losses  of  regiments  is  interesting: 

26th  North  Carolina  at  Gettysburg 87  percent 

1st  Texas  at  Sharpsburg 82       " 

21st  Georgia  at  Manassas 76       " 

6th  Mississippi  at  Shiloh 71       " 

South  Carolina  Palmetto  Sharpshooters  at  Glendale 68       " 

Federal  losses: 

1st  Minnesota  at  Gettysburg 82  percent 

I41st  Pennsylvania  at  Gettysburg 76 

101st  New  York  at  Manassas 74 

25th  Massachusetts  at  Cold  Harbor 70 

36th  Missouri  at  Bethesda  Church 69 

8th  Vermont  at  Cedar  Creek 68 

Of  the  ten  regiments  of  either  side  which  sustained  the  heaviest  loss  in 
any  one  engagement,  during  the  war,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Tennessee,  Illinois, 
New  York,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  Jersey  furnished  one  each,  North  Caro- 
lina FURNISHED  THREE. 


North  Carolina  at  Appomattox,  Etc. 

North  Carolina  furnished  from  first  to  last  one-fifth  of  the  entire  Confed- 
erate army,  and  at  Appomattox,  one-half  of  the  paroled  arm's-bearing 
Confederate  soldiers  were  from  North  Carolina.  The  last  charge  of  the 
army  under  Lee  was  made  by  North  Carolinians.  The  last  gun  was  fired 
by  Planner's  Battery  from  Wilmington,  N.  C.  The  last  capture  was  made 
by  Gen.  W.  P.  Robert's  Brigade.  North  Carolina  soldiers  were  found  dead 
furthest  up  the  blood  stained  slopes  at  Gettysburg,  and  the  United  States 
Government  has  erected  in  Dyer's  Field  at  Chicamauga,  the  high  water 
mark  reached  by  any  Southern  troops,  upon  this  field  of  carnage  and  death, 
and  credits  the  feat  to  North  Carolina. 

Of  the  28,000  paroled  at  Appomattox,  7,792  were  Infantry  with  arms 
and  about  2,100  were  Cavalry,  making  a  total  of  9,892  arms-bearing  sol- 
diers; the  remainder  were  heads  of  departments  and  clerks  fleeing  Richmond, 
teamsters,  cooks,  etc.    Of  those  paroled  5,085  were  North  Carolinians. 


Pickett  or  Pettigrew— Which? 

In  Pickett's  charge,  at  Gettysburg,  there  were  nineteen  Virginia  regiments 
and  fifteen  regiments  from  North  Carolina.  Pickett's  entire  division  lost 
214  men.  No  brigade  of  Pickett's  division  had  as  many  killed  and  wounded 
as  the  26th  North  Carolina  Regiment  alone.  Of  the  2,592  Confederates 
killed  on  the  field.  North  Carolina  lost  770,  Georgia  435,  Virginia  399, 
Mississippi  258,  South  Carolina  217,  Alabama  204.  The  three  brigades 
which  lost  more  killed  than  any  others  were  Pettigrew's  (North  Carolina) 
which  mourned  the  death  of  190  men,  Davis  (composed  of  three  Mississippi 
and  one  North  Carolina  Regiment)  lost  180  and  Daniels,  (North  Carolina), 
which  lost  165. 

Capt.  E.  F.  Satterfield,  Company  H,  55th  North  Carolina  Regiment, 
Davis  Brigade,  was  found  killed  furthest  to  the  front  at  Gettysburg  ot  any 
of  the  many  thousands  slain  in  that  bloody  engagement  of  three  days. 

Out  of  the  twenty-eight  regiments  most  heavily  engaged  and  suffering  the 
severest  loss,  sixteen  were  from  North  Carolina. 


Relative  Strength  of  Pickett  and  Petti- 
grew  at  Gettysburg. 

On  the  3rd  day  at  Gettysburg,  Pickett's  Division  numbered: 
Garnet's  Brigade— composed  of  the  8th,  18th  19th,  28th  and  56th  Vir- 
ginia Regiments. 

Arraistead's  Brigade — composed  of  the  9th,  14th  38th  53rd  and  57th  Vir- 
ginia Regiments. 

Kemper's  Brigade — composed  of  the  1st,  3rd,  7th,  11th,  and  24th  Virginia 
Regiments. 

Archer's  Brigade — 4  regiments. 

Nineteen  Virginia  Regiments  lost  1,438  killed  and  wounded. 

Pettigrew's  Brigade,  composed  of  4  North  Carolina  Regiments,  in  the  1st 
and  3rd  days  fight  lost  1,405  killed  and  wounded,  which  is  within  33  of  the 
loss  in  killed  and  wounded  sustained  by  the  19  Virginia  Regiments  compos- 
ing Pickett's  Division.  No  Brigade  in  Pickett's  Division  sustained  a  loss  as 
great  as  the  26th  North  Carolina  Regiment. 

In  the  assault  42  Confederate  Regiments  were  engaged.  Pickett's  Division 
containing  19  Virginia  Regiments;  15  North  Carolina  Regiments;  3  Missis- 
sippi ;  3  Tennessee,  and  2  Alabama. 

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North  Carolina  at  Seven  Pines,  Williams- 
burg, and  Malvern  Hill. 

The  Muster  Rolls  of  June  30,  1863,  makes  800  muskets  taken  into  battle 
by  the  26th  North  Carolina  on  the  first  da3'  at  Gettysburg.  Of  this  number, 
708  were  killed  and  wounded,  and  missing,  as  the  losses  in  the  first  and 
third  days  fighting  at  Gettysburg,  over  88  per  cent.  Of  the  officers  34  out 
of  39  were  killed  or  wounded — over  87  per  cent. 

Seventeen  men  of  the  26th  were  either  killed  or  seriously  wounded,  bear- 
ing the  colors  of  the  regiment,  and  two  were  captured  as  they  reached  the 
Federal  lines,  the  Federals  calling  out  as  they  captured  them,  "Come  over 
on  the  side  of  the  Lord." 

At  Seven  Pines,  the  4th  North  Carolina  Regiment  of  General  Geo.  B. 
Anderson's  Brigade  justly  earned  its  sobriquet  of  the  "Bloody  Fourth." 
The  regiment  was  here  commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bryan  Grimes, 
who  led  the  charge,  and  was  the  only  officer  surviving  the  flght  unwounded. 
The  Fourth  went  into  this  fight  with  520  men  and  25  officers— the  "noble 
545."  In  carrying  the  works  it  lost  462  men  and  24  officers  killed  and 
wounded;  this  was  the  bloodiest  charge  of  the  war.  In  this  battle,  all  the 
color  guards  being  killed,  the  intrepid  and  heroic  John  Stikeleather  became 
color  bearer  and  proudly  bore  the  banner  to  its  surrender  at  Appomattox. 

Of  415   North   Carolinians  at  Williamsburg,  composing  the  5th  North 


Carolina  Regiment,  75  remained  to  roll  call.  It  was  of  the  5tli  North 
Carolina  that  General  Hancock,  of  the  Union  army,  said: 
"They  should  have  immortality  inscribed  on  their  banners." 
At  the  Battle  of  Seven  Pines,  the  conduct  of  the.  6th  North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment under  Pender  in  General  Whiting's  Brigade,  was  such  that  President 
Davis  promoted  Pender  on  the  field,  to  the  rank  of  General,  remarking:  "I 
■wish  I  had  the  commission  to  hand  you  here." 

The  men  of  the  1st  and  3rd  North  Carolina  Regiments  in  the  "Stonewall 
Division"  were  found  among  the  dead  lying  nearest  the  Federal  guns  on 
the  slope  of  Malvern  Hill. 


North  Carolina  at  Fredericksburg,  Chan- 
cellorsville,  and  Winchester. 

At  Fredericksburg,  the  57th  and  48th  North  Carolina  Regiments  sus- 
tained the  heaviest  losses,  and  of  the  18  regiments  of  Lee's  army  sustaining 
the  greatest  loss  in  this  engagement,  no  less  than  9  were  from  North 
Carolina. 

At  Chancellorsville,  of  all  Lee's  army  the  10  brigades  most  busy  in  the 
work  of  destruction  were  North  Carolinians ;  the  5th  Alabama  excepted, 
which  fought  with  the  "Tar  Heels"  in  Rhode's  Division.  The  7  regiments 
with  themost  killed  and  wounded  were  the  37th,  the  13th,  the  4th,  the  3rd, 
the  33rd,  the  22nd  and  the  23rd  North  Carolina  Regiments,  while  4  more 
are  very  near  them.  Out  of  the  28  regiments  most  heavily  engaged  and 
suffering  the  greatest  loss.  North  Carolina  alone  furnished  16. 

At  Winchester,  Stonewall  Jackson  held  in  check  20,000  Union  troops, 
with  2,800  Confederates.  The  21st  North  Carolina  Regiment  under  Kirk- 
land  opened  the  engagement.  Their  chivalrous  enemy,  General  Shields  of 
the  Union  army,  writes:  "Such  was  their  gallantry  and  high  state  of  disci- 
pline that  at  no  time  during  the  battle  or  pursuit  did  they  give  way  to 
panic." 

At  Bentonville,  Jo.  Johnston,  with  less  than  18,000,  nearly  half  of  whom 
were  North  Carolinians,  held  the  80,000  trained  veterans  of  Sherman  at 
bay  for  three  days. 

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North  Carolina  at  Reams  Station  and  Kil- 
patrick's  Raid  on  Richmond. 

It  was  Pettigrew,  a  North  Carolinian,  who  commanded  the  rear  guard 
after  Gettysburg.  It  was  the  gallant  Colonel  Cheek,  a  North  Carolinian, 
who  drove  Kilpatrick  from  his  raid  upon  Richmond  five  thousand  in  num- 
ber, with  a  squadron  or  two  of  North  Carolina  cavalry,  and  one  gun. 

It  was  Cooke,  McRae  and  Lane,  North  Carolinians,  of  the  infantry  and 
Barringer,  a  North  Carohnian,  of  the  cavalry,  at  Reams  Station  who  saved 
the  army  from  an  Appomattox  in  August,  1864.  When  other  troops  lay 
upon  the  ground  under  fire,  and  refused  to  charge,  the  men  themselves, 
glorious  sons  of  war,  gallant  North  Carolinians,  demanded  of  their  officers 
to  be  lead  against  the  enemy  with  all  his  artillery  and  picked  troops  under 
Hancock. 

And  those  gaunt  and  starved  heroes,  less  than  1,800  in  all,  took  the 
works  and  captured  1,200  prisoners  to  say  nothing  of  the  dead  and 
wounded  of  the  enemy.  Then  even  the  reticent  Lee  could  not  refrain  him- 
self from  writing  to  Governor  Vance  to  congratulate  the  people  of  North 
Carolina  upon  the  distinguished  fidelity  and  gallantry  of  her  troops. 


North  Carolina  at  Sharpsburg,  Mechanics- 
ville,  and  South  Mountain. 

At  Sharpsburg,  where  Lee's  33,000  men  drove  back  the  95,000  of'McClel- 
Ian,  and  held  the  field  of  battle  the  following  day,  all  acknowledged  that 
North  Carolina  saved  the  day. 

The  immortal  3rd,  is  at  the  head  of  the  roll  of  honor,  losing  330  out  of 
520  men  in  one  and  a  half  hours.  From  noon  of  one  day  until  ten  in  the 
morning  of  the  next,  they  maintained  their  exposed  position,  without  even 
a  drop  of  water.  They  kept  their  line  against  repeated  attacks  even  after 
their  cartridge  boxes  were  emptied  and  the  cartridge  boxes  of  the  dead 
comrades  exhausted.  Except  the  13th  Georgia,  the  48th,  27th  and  13th 
North  Carolina  regiments  sustained  the  heaviest  losses  of  any  other  regi- 
ment engaged  at  Sharpsburg. 

In  the  Seven  Days'  battle  around  Richmond,  from  Mechanicsville  to 
Malvern  Hill,  North  Carolina  had  one-fourth  of  the  regiments  (45  infantry, 
1  cavalry,  and  4  battalions  of  artillery)  that  were  engaged  (174  regiments 
engaged.) 

In  that  week  North  CaroHna  lost  4,271  of  her  brave  sons  in  that  series 
of  battles,  or  one-tenth  of  her  entire  loss  by  the  war. 

Of  the  eigteeen  regiments  suffering  the  greatest  loss  in  Lee's  army,  no  less 
than  nine  were  from  North  Carolina. 

It  was  in  this  slaughter  pen  that  Company  C  of  the  14th  North  Carolina 
Regiment  had  not  a  man  remaining  of  45  taken  into  action. 

At  South  Mountain,  the  day  before  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg,  4,000  men 
of  Hill's  division  held  in  check  33,000  of  McClcllan's  troops. 

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North  Carolina  at  Hanover  Court  House 
and  Chamberlain's  Run. 

At  Hanover  C.  H.  Branch,  with  six  North  Carolina  regiments  and  one 
gun,  met  Fitz  John  Porter's  whole  corps.  The  splendid  18th  North  Caro- 
lina, under  Col.  Robert  Cowan,  led  the  charge  with  such  efiect  that  Porter 
declared  the  Confederates  had  8,000  men,  and  General  Lee  congratulated 
Branch,  to  use  his  words,  "upon  the  gallant  manner  your  troops  opposed 
a  very  superior  force  of  the  enemy." 

At  Gettysburg  the  26th  North  Carolina,  of  Pettigrew's  Brigade,  Heth's 
Division,  went  into  action  with  an  effective  strength  of  "over  800  men,"  as 
stated  in  the  official  regimental  report.  Their  loss,  according  to  the  Sur- 
geon General's  report,  was  86  killed,  502  wounded;  total,  588.  In  addition, 
120  were  missing. 

*  *  The  Quartermaster,  who  made  the  official  report  on  the  4th  of  July, 
states  that  only  216  were  left  for  duty  after  the  first  day's  fight.  It  then 
participated  in  the  charge  on  the  third  day  of  the  battle,  and  on  the  follow- 
ing day  oqly  mustered  80  men  for  duty,  the  missing  ones  having  fallen  in 
the  final  charges.  On  the  first  day  Captain  Tuttle's  company  went  into 
action  with  3  officers  and  84  men,  and  all  of  the  officers  and  83  of  the  men 
were  killed  or  wounded.  The  loss  of  the  26th  was  the  severest  regimental 
OSS  during  the  war." 


At  Chamberlain's  Run  on  the  day  before  Lee  evacuated  Petersburg  the 
First  N.  C.  Calvary  Regiment  (dismounted),  commanded  by  Colonel  Cheek, 
waded  a  creek  waist  deep  75  yards  wide,  under  heavy  fire,  and  drove  the 
enemy  from  an  entrenched  position.  General  Lee  complimented  the  regi- 
ment in  the  highest  terms.  The  13th  Virginia,  who  was  on  the  left  of  the 
1st  North  Carolina  Calvary,  gave  enthusiastic  cheers. 


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North  Carolina  at  Charleston  and  Battery 
Wagner. 

In  the  defense  of  Charleston,  at  Battery  Wagner,  the  51st  and  61st  North 
Carohna  Regiments  won  eternal  renown.  General  Seymour,  of  the  United 
States  army,  speaks  thus:  "From  about  noon  until  nightfall,  the  fort  was 
subjected  to  such  a  weight  of  artillery,  as  has  probably'  never  before  been 
turned  upon  a  single  point." 

At  dusk,  three  brigades  of  the  Union  troops  assaulted  the  Confederate 
lines,  and  Colonel  Putnam  with  his  Massachusettes  troops  made  a  lodge- 
ment in  the  Confederate  works.  Volunteers  were  called  for  to  accept  the 
desperate,  hand  to  hand  eflfort  to  drive  them  out  or  all  was  lost.  Both  the 
51st  North  Carolina  Regiment  and  the  Charleston  Battalion  contended 
for  the  post  of  honor,,  and  of  death.  The  Charleston  Battalion  was  chosen 
and  made  the  trial,  only  to  be  driven  back  and  defeated.  Then  the  grand 
51st  North  Carolina  Regiment  stripped  for  the  death-grapple  and  when  it 
was  over,  Putnam  was  slain,  and  such  of  his  forces  as  were  living  were 
prisoners  in  the  hands  of  the  North  Carolinians.  And  so  Wagner  was 
saved. 

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North  Carolina  at  Petersburg,  Johnson's 
Surrender,  Etc. 

The  last  day  at  Petersburg,  time  was  gained  for  the  arrangements  for 
the  retreat  at  night,  by  the  sublime  sacrifice  of  some  250  North  Carolin- 
ian's chiefly  Lane's  Brigade,  hastily  retiring  intothetown,  and  commanded 
by  Lieut.  Geo.  H.  Snow,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  of  the  33rd  North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment. 

With  twenty-four  rounds  for  the  two  small  guns,  and  scanty  cartridges,  but 
great  hearts,  these  Spartans  kept  back  General  Gibbon's  advance  for  many 
hours,  and  strewing  the  ground  with  600  dead  and  wounded,  until  the 
enemy's  army  rushing  in,  found  but  a  score  yet  firing,  while  the  wounded 
were  loading  for  their  fighting  brethren. 

General  Robert  F.  Hoke,  "the  Superb,"  after  successfully  resisting  the 
trained  veterans  of  Sherman,  Terry  and  Schofield  tor  three  days  at  Benton- 
ville,  the  last  general  engagement  of  the  war,  surrendered  one-third  of  the 
muskets  at  "Johnson's  Surrender"  at  Greensboro. 

The  three  regiments  suffering  the  greatest  loss  in  the  seven  days  around 
Richmond  were  the  7th,  12th  and  18th  North  CaroHna. 

At  Fredericksburg  the  two  regiments  suffering  the  greatest  loss  was 
the  48th  and  57th  North  Carolina. 

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North  Carolina  at  Chicamauga. 

There  are  few  spots  of  earth  that  the  patriotic  son  of  the  Old  Tar  Heel 
State  can  visit  with  m3re  pride  in  the  indomitable  stock  to  which  he  be- 
longs than  the  far  famed  Valley  of  blood  at  Chicamauga. 

By  the  authority  of  the  United  States  Congress,  he  will  find  tablets  that 
show  the  honorable  position  on  the  right  of  the  Confederate  line  of  the  6th 
North  Carolina  Cavalry,  and  the  29th,  and  he  will  see  the  tablets  in  Dyer's 
Field,  which  recounts  that  "on  this  spot,  the  29th  North  Carolina  Regiment 
captured  the  massed  collection  of  nine  guns  of  United  States  artillery." 

Another  tablet,  no  less  memorable,  marks  the  spot  where  at  noon,  on 
Sunday,    September    20,    1863.    the  GOth    North    Carolina    Regiment 

REACHED  THE   FARTHEST   POINT   WITHIN  THE  FEDERAL  LINES  ATTAINED    BY 

ANY  Southern  troops  in  that  famous  charge. 


North  Carolina  at  Fort  Fisher. 

"At  Fort  Fisher,  the  enemy  lost  by  their  own  statement  1,445  killed  and 
wounded  and  missing,  while  counting  even  the  sick  and  the  wounded  the 
Confederates  had  only  1,900,  with  forty -four  guns,  contending  against 
10,500  men  on  shore,  and  600  heavy  guns  afloat,  killing  and  wounding 
almost  as  many  of  the  enemy  as  there  were  soldiers  in  the  fort,  and  not 
surrendering  until  the  last  shot  was  expended. 

Colonel  Lambe,  of  Virginia,  commander  in  charge  of  Fort  Fisher,  says: 
"When  I  recall  this  magnificent  struggle  unsurpassed  in  ancient  or  modern 
warfare,  and  remember  the  devoted  patriotism  and  heroic  courage  of  my 
garrison,  I  feel  proud  to  know  that  I  have  North  Carolina  blood  coursing 
through  my  veins,  and  I  confidently  believe  that  the  time  will  come  with 
the  Old  North  State  when  her  people  will  regard  her  defense  of  Fort  Fisher 
as  the  grandest  event  in  her  heroic  past." 


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North  Carolina's  First  Sacrifice  and  List 
of  North  Carolina  Generals  Killed  in 
Battle. 

The  first  soldier  from  North  Carolina  who  lost  his  life  for  the  Confederacy 
was  James  Hudson,  of  Mecklenburg  county,  member  of  the  "Hornet's  Nest 
Rifles,"  Company  B,  1st  North  Carolina  Regiment,  who  died  in  Hospital  at 
Raleigh,  May  11,  1861,  of  pneumonia. 

The  first  soldier  killed  in  battle  on  the  Confederate  side  was  Henry  L. 
Wyatt,  of  Edgecombe  county,  North  Cai-olina,  member  of  the  "Edgecombe 
Guards,"  Company  A,  1st  North  Carolina  Regiment,  killed  at  the  Battle  of 
Bethel,  June  10,  1861. 

There  were  78  Confederate  Generals  either  killed  or  mortally  wounded  in 
battle.  Eight  were  North  Carolinians.  Three  were  born  in  North  Carolina 
who  were  killed  coming  from  other  States.  They  w^ere  Generals  Leonidas 
Polk,  Ben  McCuUoch,  and  Felix  B.  Zollicoffer.  McCulloch  and  ZoUicofier 
were  born  in  Halifax  county.  North  Carolina.  General  Polk  was  born  at 
Raleigh,  N.  C. 

The  generals  killed  or  mortally  wounded  were:  W.  D.  Pender,  W.  H.  C. 
Whiting,  Jas.  B.  Gordon,  S.  D.  Ramseur,  George  B.  Anderson,  L.  O'B. 
Branch,  Junius  Daniel,  A.  C.  Godwin,  James  Johnston  Pettigrew. 

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North  Carolina  Complimented  by  Lee  and 
Jackson,  Etc. 

What  Lee  and  Jackson  thought  of  our  brave  North  Carolina  troops 
remains  forever  emblazoned  in  the  proudest  records  of  the  army  of  Northern 
Virginia.  Jackson,  though  mortally  wounded,  stricken  by  his  own  men, 
like  the  eagle,  wounded  with  a  shaft  winged  from  his  own  plumage,  begs  of 
Lee  to  thank,  in  his  name,  the  heroes  of  Rhodes'  (North  Carolina)  division, 
for  the  victorious  attack,  and  the  captured  colors  and  guns  of  Hooker's 
lines,  and  the  commander  in  chief  complied  with  the  dying  warrior's  request, 
explaining  to  the  array  this  special  request  of  the  dying  chieftain. 

North  Carolina  met  the  inevitable  in  the  spirit  of  General  Maury's  fare- 
well order,  "Conscious  that  we  have  played  our  part  like  men,  confident  of 
the  righteousness  of  our  cause,  without  regret  for  our  past,  without  despair 
of  the  future." 


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Number  of  Conflicts— Soldiers  Home. 

Maj.  Peter  J.  Otey,  of  Virginia,  who  recently  died  while  representing  the 
Lynchburg  district  in  U.  S.  Congress,  compiled  the  following  summary : 
"We  fought  2,261  conflicts,  521  of  which  were  in  Virginia.  We  won  85  of 
the  victories.  The  Confederates  won  1,922  engagements;  the  Federals  won 
339;  the  Confederates  won  one  and  one-half  conflicts  per  day  for  four  years, 
including  Sundays.  We  fought  1  56  engagements  in  1861 ;  564  in  1862 ; 
627  in  1863;  779  in  1864,  and  135  in  1865." 

The  Confederate  Soldiers  Home,  situated  at  Raleigh,  N.  C,  has  capacity 
to  care  for  150  Confederate  veterans.  Besides  the  State  of  North  Carolina 
makes  an  appropriation  of  $200,000  to  pension  the  disabled  Confederate 
soldiers.  The  Confederate  Soldiers  Home  is  managed  by  the  following 
board  of  directors: 

Capt.  R.  H.  Brooks  is  superintendent  of  the  Soldiers  Home,  assisted  by 
his  most  estimable  wife  as  matron. 


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ROSTER  OF  THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  DIVISION  U.  C.  V.         \ 

Headquarters  North  Carolina  Division  U.  C.  V.,/ 
Durham,  N.  C.June  10,  1905. 

Julian  S.  Carr,  Major-General,  Commanding  North  Carolina  Division. 

Col.  H.  A.  London,  Pittsboro,  Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Lieut. -Col.  W.  H.  H.  Gregory,  Statesville,  Inspector-General. 

Col.  Thomas  S.  Kenan,  Raleigh,  Paymaster  General. 

G.  S.  Ferguson,  Waynesville,  Assistant  Paymaster  General. 

-Lietrt:-C-oL  -Tv  ir."  -ETTrery,-Weldon;-Quai:  ter-master-Qener-ak- 

Lieut.-Col.  C.  B.  Watson,  Winston,  Judge-Advocate-General. 

Lieut.-Col.  P.  H.  Hanes,  Winston,  Commissary-General. 

Lieut.-Col.  J.  B.  Starr,  Fa3'etteville,  Chief  of  Artillery. 

Lieut.-Col.  J.  M.  Wall,  Wadesboro,  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

Major  Cicero  W.  Barker,  Salisbury,  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

Lieut.-Col.  W.  D.  McMillan,  Wilmington,  Surgeon-General. 
^ B.  F.DixonyJ^aleigh-,  Assistant  Surgeon  Genecal. 

Lieut.-Col.  A.  D.  Betts,  Lillington,  Chaplain-General. 

Major  J.  W.  S'^ott,  Greensboro,  Assistant  Inspector-General. 

Major  Harrison  Watts,  Charlotte,  Assistant  Judge-Advocate-General. 
^(U    A.  W.  Graham,  Oxford,  Assistant  Judge  Advocate  General. 

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Major  R.  P.  Wilson,  Winston,  Assistant  Commissary^reneral. 

Captain  J.  H.  Currie,  Fayetteville,  Color  Bearer. 

Major  J.  Shakespere  Harris,  Charlotte,  Chief  of  Scouts, 
.i^^^^-^etet-^iinrev^^-  E)-i  Raleigh,  Chief  of  Medical  Department  and  Hos- 
pitals, 

The  following  as  Aides-de-Camp :  Majors  Ashley  Home,  Clayton ;  F.  H. 
Busbee,  Raleigh;  A.  H.  Boyden,  Salisbury;  George  H.  Hall,  Red  Springs; 
R.  P.  Paddison,  Point  Caswell ;  W.  P.  Oldham,  Wilmington ;  J.  A.  Long, 
Roxboro;  W.  P.  Wood,  Asheboro;  S.  H.  Smith,  Winston;  Col.  Paul  B. 
Means,  Concord;  P.  H.  Leatherwood,  Webster;  C  M.  Parks,  Tarboro;  C. 
Frank,  Siler;  Jas.  A.  Bryan,  Newbern;  R.  B.  Peebles,  Jackson;  T.  C.  Davis, 
Morehead  City;  J.  J.  Wolvenden,  New  Bern;  E.  S.  Marsh,  Belhaven;  and 
J.  F.  Rheinhardt,  Lincolntou. 


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Headquarters  First  Brigade,  ) 

North  Carolina  Division  U.  C.  V., 
Statesyille,  N.  C,  June  10.  1905. 

P.  C.  Carlton,  Statesville,  N.  C,  Brigadier-General  Commanding  1st  Divi- 
sion U.  C.  V. 

Adjutant  and  Chief  of  Staff— J.  C.  Irvin,  Statesville,  with  rank  ot  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel. 
Inspector  General — ^J.  R.  Paddison,  Mt.  Airy,  with  rank  of  Major. 
Quartermaster  General — D.  A.  Caldwell,  Concord,  with  rank  of  Major. 
Commissary — L.  Harrill,  Statesville,  with  rank  of  Major. 
Judge  Advocate — A.  C.  Avery,  Morganton,  with  rank  of  Major. 
Surgeon — Dr.  H.  T.  Bahnson,  Salem,  with  rank  of  Major. 
Chaplain — Rev.  J.  A.  Weston,  Hickory,  with  rank  of  Major. 
Personal  Staff— D.  P.  Mast,  Winston,  with  rank  of  Captain. 

Philo  C.  Hall,  Hickory,  with  rank  of  Captain. 

W.  A.  Day,  Sherrill's  Ford,  with  rank  of  Captain. 

J.  A.  Stikeleather,  Olin,  with  rank  oi  Captain. 
Color  Bearer — R.  O.  Leinster,  Statesville,  with  rank  of  Captain. 
Sponsor — Miss  Mary  Carton,  Statesville. 

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CAMPS   COMPOSING   FmST   BRIGADE   N.    C.    U.    C.   V. 

No.     162.  Catawba  Cainp,  Hickory. 

212.  Cabarrus  County  Camp,  Concord. 

309.  Chas.  F.  Fisher  Camp,  Salisbury. 

349.  Col.  R.  Campbell  Camp,  Statesville. 

436.  Norfleet  Camp,  Winston. 

486.  Ruffin  Camp,  Burlington. 

795.  Guilford  County  Camp,  Greensboro. 

797.  Surray  County  Camp,  Mt.  Airy. 

952.  Col.  Jno.  T.  Jones  Camp,  Lenoir.  ..     . 

1155.  Confederate  Veterans  Camp,  K*oset        *"^^^A''t/*-t,-*^     \ 

1156.  Davis  Lee  Dickerson  Camp,  Rutherfordton, 


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Headquarters  Second  Brigade, 

North  Carolina  Division  U.  C.  V., 
PiTTSBORO,  N.  C,  June  10,  1905. 

William  L.  London,  Pittsboro,  N.  C,  Brigadier-General  Commanding  2d 
Div.  U.  C.  v.,  Staff  of  the  2d  N.  C.  Brigade. 

J.  G.  Reiicher,  Lt.  Col.,  Chief  of  Staff,  Pittsboro,  N.  C. 
W.  A.  Smith,  Major  Inspector,  Ansonville,  N.  C. 
M.  L.  Davis,  Major,  Qurtermaster,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
A.  B.  Stronach,  Major,  Commissary,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
L.  Leon,  Major,  Chief  of  Ordnance,  Charlotte.  N.  C. 
S.  A.  Ashe,  Major,  Judge  Advocate,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Edwin  Sully,  Major,  Chief  of  Artillerj^  Rockingham,  N.  C. 
J.  M.  Covington,  Major,  Surgeon,  Rockingham,  N.  C. 
W.  H.  Moore,  Major,  Chaplain,  Pittsboro   N.  C. 
J.  D.  Gibson,  Captain,  Color  Bearer,  Maxton,  N.  C. 

AIDS,  WITH  rank  OP  CAPTAIN. 

S.  H.  Hilton,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
E.  J.  Holt,  Smithfield,  N.  C. 
H.  C.  Moore,  Alonroe,  N.  C. 
N.  A.  Ramsey,  Durham,  N.  C. 
J.  C.  Marshall,  Wadesboro,  N.  C. 
Frank  Barnes,  Wilson,  N.  C. 
Thos.  McBride,  Red  Springs,  N.  C. 

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CAMPS  COMPOSING  SECOND  BRIGADE  N.  C.  DIVISION  OF  THE  U.  C.  V. 

No.    382.  Mecklenburg  Camp,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

387.  L.  J.  Merritt  Camp,  Pittsboro,  N.  C. 

417.  Ryan  Camp,  Maxton,  N.  C. 

515.  L.  O'B.  Branch  Camp,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

781.  Walker  Camp,  Monroe,  N.  C. 

818.  Robert  Webb  Camp,  Durham,  N.  C. 

830.  Richmond  County  Camp,  Rockingham,  N.  C. 

833.  Walter  R.  Moore  Camp,  Smithfield,  N.  C. 

846.  Anson  County  Camp,  Wadesboro,  N.  C. 

852.  Fayetteville  Camp,  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 

1184.  William  Gamble  Camp,  Gastonia,  N.  C. 

1206.  Person  County  Camp,  Roxboro,  N.  C. 

1264.  Jesse  S.  Barnes  Camp,  Wilson,  N.  C. 

1278.  Oscar  R.  Rand  Camp,  Holly  Springs,  N.  C. 

1302.  Alfred  Rowland  Camp,  Rowland,  N.  C. 

666.  John  Manning  Camp,  Durham,  N.  C. 


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Headquarters  Third  Brigade, 
North  Carolina  Division  U.  C.  V., 
Wilmington,  N.  C,  June  10,  1905. 

James  I,  Metts,  Wilmington,   N.  C  ,   Brigadier-General  Commanding  3d 
Division  U.  C.  V. 

Walter  G.  McRae,  Lt.  Col.  and  Asst.  Adjt.  General  of  Wilmington. 

Major  and  Judge  Advocate,  Junius  Davis,  of  Wilmington. 

Major  and  A.  Q.  M.,  E.  Porter,  of  Rocky  Point. 

Major  and  Commissary  of  Subsistence,  Benj.  M.  Collins,  Ridgeway. 

Major  and  Inspector,  R.  H.  Ricks,  Rocky  Mount. 

Major  and  Chief  of  Artillery,  Thos.  D.  Boone,  Winton. 

Major  and  Chief  of  Ordnance,  D.  Jasper  Corbett,  Currie. 

Major  and  Surgeon,  Thos.  Hill,  Goldsboro. 

Major  and  Chaplain,  Nathani'el  Harding,  Washington. 

John  P.  Johnston,  Ensign,  Littleton. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  A.  J.  Johnson,  Clear  Run. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  W.  B.  Shaw,  Henderson. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  Matt  Manley,  New  Bern. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  W.  T.  Caho,  Bayboro. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  S.  B.  Newton,  Teachys. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  B.  S.  Peterson,  Clinton. 

Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  W  S.  Peel,  Williamston. 

By  order  of  Jas.  I.  Metts,  Brigadier  General. 

Walter  G.  MacRae,  Lt.  Col.  and  A.  A.  G. 


CAMPS  IN  THIRD   BRIGADE,   U.  C.  V. 

No.     137.  Sampson,  Clinton,  W.  Drawhorn,  J.  H.  Beaman. 

254.  Cape  Fear,  Wilmington,  W.  J.  Woodward,  A.  L.  DeRosset. 

326.  Junius  Daniel,  Littleton,  J.  P.  Leach. 

424.  Bryan  Grimes,  Washington,  Macon  Bonner,  Alston  Grimes. 

794.  Thomas  Ruffin,  Goldsboro,  J.  H.  Hill,  A.  B.  Hollowell. 

845.  John  C.  Lamb,  Williamston,  W.  J.  Hardison,  W.  H.  Roberson, 

849.  Drysdale,  Snow  Hill,  R.  H.  Best,  W.  H.  Dail. 

984.  Henry  L.  Wyatt,  Henderson,  W.  H.  Cheek,  W.  R.  Shaw. 
1053.  Cary  Whitaker,  Enfield,  W.  F.  Parker,  F.  C.  Pittman. 
1067.  J.  W.  Cook,  Beaufort,  W.  S.  Roberson,  W.  S.  Chadwick. 
1084.  John  White,  Warrenton,  Wm.  J.  White,  R.  C.  Twitty. 
1162.  New  Bern,  New  Bern,  N.  C,  J.  J.  Wolfendon,  Jas.  F.  Clark. 
1199.  Fair  Bluff,  Fair  Bluff,  J.  W.  Powell. 
1243.  Gates  County  Camp,  Willeyton,  Riddick  Halfer. 
1248.  Henry  L.  Wyatt,  Bayboro,  O.  S.  Atmore,  W.  T.  Ceho. 
1275.  Bill  Johnson  Camp,  Weldon,  T.  H.  Emry,  A.  L.  ZoUicofer. 
1277.  Maurice  T.  Smith,  Oxford,  A.  W.  Graham, 
1264.  Jessie  S.  Barnes,  Wilson,  Jas.  T.  Wiggins,  Com. 
1304.  H.  M.  Shaw,  Currituck,  W.  B.  Creakmore. 
1315.  Pettigrew,  Edenton,  W.  B.  Shepard. 

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1490.  Wm.  J.  Houston,  Faison,  S.  B.  Newton,  B.  B.  Carr. 
1412.  Nash  County,  Nashville,  J.  H.  Thorpe,  Robt.  H.  Ricks. 

Westbrook  Baldwin  Co. 

Catherine  Lake,  Onslow  County,  S.  B.  Taylor. 
1563.  David  Williams,  Burgaw,  Pender  County,  T.  H.  W.  Mclntire. 
1527.  J.  Davis,  Louisburg 
1533.  Lewis  David  Wayatt,  Tarboro. 

Winton,  Thos.  D.  Boone. 

James  I.  Metts,  Whiteville,  H.  H.  Holton,  H.  C.  Moffitt. 


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Headquarters  Fourth  Brigade, 

North  Carolina  Division  U.  C.  V., 
AsHEYiLLE,  N.  C,  June  10,  1905. 

James  M.  Ray,  Asheville,  N.  C,  Brigadier-General  Commanding  4th  Division 
U.  C.  V. 

Dear  Sir:    I  herewith  hand  you  Hst  of  the  names  of  my  "StafiP'  and  of 
the  Camps  of  my  Brigade: 

J.  P.  Sawyer,  Adjt.  Gen.  and  Chiet  of  Staff,  Lieut.  Col.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

W.  W.  Stringfield,  Inspector-General,  Lieut.  Col.,  Wav'nesville,  N.  C. 

J.  G.  Hall,  Paymaster-General,  Lieut.  Col.,  Lenoir,  N.  C. 

Robert  Bingham,  Chief  of  Ordnance,  Lieut.  Col.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

G.  Y.  Pickens,  Judge  Advocate  General,  Major,  Hendersonville,  N.  C. 

B.  F.  Dixon,  Chaplain  General,  Major,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

T.  B.  Twitty,  Surgeon  General,  Major,  Rutherfordtou,  N.  C. 

W.  A.  Curtis,  Quartermaster  General,  Major,  Franklin,  N.  C. 

W.  A.  Enloe,  Commissary  General,  Major,  Dillsboro,  N.  C. 

J.  P.  Horton,  Chief  of  Artillery,  Major,  Burnesville,  N.  C. 

L.  A.  Bristol,  Assistant  Inspector  General,  Major,  Morganton,  N.  C. 

T.  D.  Latimore,  Aide-de-Camp,  Captain,  Shelby,  N.  C. 

D.  K.  Collins,  Aide-de-Camp,  Captain,  Bryson  City,  N.  C. 

Dilliard  Love,  Aide-de-Camp,  Captain,  Webster,  N   C. 

Gay  M.  Williams,  Aide-de-Camp,  Captain,  Democrat,  N.  C. 

J.  A.  Miller,  Aide-de-Camp,  Captain,  Brevard,  N.  C. 

J.  Wesley  Shelton,  Color  Bearer,  Major,  Painter,  N.  C. 

W.  W.  Stringfield,  Aide-de-Camp,  Waynesville,  N.  C. 

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Zebulon  Vance  Camp  No.  681,  Asheville,  N.  C. 
Confederate  Veteran  Camp  No.  956,  Murphy,  N.  C. 
Cleveland  Camp  No.  1045,  Shelby,  N.  C. 
Pink  Welch  Camp  No.  848,  Waynesville,  N.  C. 
Wat  Bryson  Camp  No.  1021,  HendersonvilUe.  N.  C. 
Confederate  Veteran  Camp  No.  914,  Marion,  N.  C. 
Charles  L.  Robinson  Camp  No.  947,  Franklin,  N.  C. 
Davis  Lee  Dickerson  Camp  No.  1156,  Rutherfordton,  N.  C. 
Andrew  Coleman  Camp  No.  301,  Bryson  City,  N.  C. 
Transylvania  Camp  No.  953,  Brevard,  N.  C. 
General  Pender  Camp  No.  1154,  Burnesville,  N.  C. 
Sou-No-Kee  Camp,  Cherokee,  N.  C. 
Avery- McDowell  Camp,  Morganton,  N.  C. 


NORTH  CAROLINA'S  MONUMENT  AT  APPOMATTOX. 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  MONUMENT. 


(NORTH    SIDE) 

LAST  AT  APPOMATTOX. 

At  this  Place  the  North  Carolina  Brigade 

of  Brigadier-General  W.  R.  Cox  of  Grimes'  Division 

Fired  the  Last  Volley  9  April,  1865 

Major-General  Bryan  Grimes  of  North  Carolina 

Planned  the  Last  Battle  Fought  by  the 

Army  of  Northern  Virginia  and  Commanded  the  Infantry 

Engaged  Therein,  the  Greater  Part  of  Whom 

Were  North  Carolinians. 


This  Stone  is  Erected  by  the  Authority  of 

the  General  Assemblj' 

of 

North  Carolina 

In  Grateful  and  Perpetual  Memory  of  the 

Valor,  Endurance  and  Patriotism 

of  Her  Sons 

Who  Followed  With  Unshaken  Fidelity  the 

Fortunes  of  the  Confederacy  to  this  Closing  Scene. 

Faithful  to  the  End. 


Erected -9  April,  1905. 
NORTH  CAROLINA  APPOMATTOX  COMMISSION. 

H.  A.  London.  Chairman,  E.  J.  Holt, 

W.  T.  Jenkins,  Cvrus  B.  Watson, 

A.  D.  McGill. 
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(SOUTH  SIDE) 

NORTH  CAROLINA  TROOPS  PAROLED  AT  APPOMATTOX. 

BRIGADES. 


Cox's, 

. 

572 

Cooke's    - 

560 

Grimes', 

. 

530 

Lane's, 

570 

Johnston's, 

- 

463 

Scales', 

719 

Lewis', 

MacRae's 

44.7 

Ransom's 

442 

435 

Barringer 

s, 

23 

Robert's, 

- 

93 

Major-General  Grimes  and  Staff, --  8 

Cummings',  Miller's,  Williams',  Planner's  and  Ramsa\''s  Batteries,    -        -  150 

Total  North  Carolinians  Paroled, 5,012 


(west  end) 
Esse  Quara  Videri. 


First  at  Bethel 

Farthest  to  the  Front  at  Gettysburg 

and  Chickamauga 

Last  at  Appomattox 

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(EAST  END) 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 


White  Population, 

629,942 

Military  Population, 

115,369 

1861-'65 

Troops  Furnished, 

127,000 

Killed  in  Battle, 

14,522 

Died  from  Wounds,    - 

5,151 

Died  from  Disease,      -        - 

20,602 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 

At  this  Place  was  Fought  the  Last  Skirmish 

by  Captain  Wilson  T.  Jenkins 

of  the  Fourteenth  North  Carolina  Regiment, 

Commanding  Twenty-five  Men 

of  the  Fourth  and  Fourteenth  North  Carolina  Regiments. 


NORTH  CAROLINA. 

The  Last  Federal  Battery 

Taken  by  the  Confederates  was  Captured  by 

the  North  Carolina  Cavalry  Brigade 

of  Brig.-Gen.  W.  P.  Roberts 

at  this  place. 
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THE  LAST  CHARGE  AT  APPOMATTOX. 

Scarred  on  a  hundred  fields  before, 
Naked  and  starved  and  travel-sore, 

Each  man  a  tiger,  hunted, 
They  stood  at  bay  as  brave  as  Huns, 
Last  of  the  Old  South's  splendid  sons, 
Flanked  by  ten  thousand  shotted  guns, 

And  by  ten  thousand  fronted. 

Scorched  by  the  cannon's  molten  breath. 
They'd  climbed  the  trembling  walls  of  death 

And  set  their  standards  tattered, — 
Had  charged  at  the  bugle's  stirring  blare 
Through  bolted  gloom  and  godless  glare, 
From  the  dead's  reddened  gulches,  where 

The  searching  sprapnel  shattered. 

They  formed — that  Carolina  band — 
With  Grimes,  the  Spartan,  in  command. 

And,  at  the  word  of  Gordon, 
Through  splintered  fire  and  stifling  smoke 
They  struck  with  lightning's  scathing  stroke— 
Those  doomed  and  desperate  men — and  broke 

Across  that  iron  cordon. 

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They  turned  in  sullen,  slow  retreat — 
Ah,  there  are  laurels  of  defeat! — 

Turned  for  the  Chief  had  spoken; 
With  one -last  shot  hurled  back  the  foe, 
And  prayed  the  trump  of  doom  to  blow, 
Now  that  the  Southern  stars  were  low. 

The  Southern  bars  were  broken. 

Sometime  the  calm,  impartial  years 
Will  tell  what  made  them  dead  to  tears 

Of  loved  ones  left  to  languish; — 
What  nerved  them  for  the  lonely  guard. 
For  cleaving  blade  and  mangling  shard, — 
What  gave  them  strength  in  tent  and  ward 

To  drain  the  dregs  of  anguish. 

But  the  far  ages  will  propound 

What  never  Sphinx  had  lore  to  sound, — 

Why,  in  such  fires  of  rancor. 
The  God  of  Love  should  find  it  meet 
For  Him,  with  Grant  as  sledge,  to  beat 
On  Lee,  the  anvil,  at  such  heat, 

Our  Nation's  great  sheet-anchor! 

—Henry  Jerome  Stockard. 

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THE  OLD  VETERAN'S  PARADE. 

Get  ray  old  knapsack,  Mary,  get  my  uniform  of  gray; 
Get  my  battered  helmet.  Alary,  for  I  will  need  them  all  today; 
Get  my  canteens  and  my  leggins,  hand  me  down  my  rusty  gun; 
For  I  am  going  out  parading  with  the  boys  of  sixt3'-one. 

Never  mind  those  blood  stains,  Mary,  never  mind  that  ragged  hole, 
It  was  made  there  by  a  bullet  that  was  searching  for  my  soul. 
Just  brush  off  the  cobwebs,  Mary,  and  get  my  bonnie  flag  of  blue, 
For  I  am  going  out  parading  with  the  boys  of  sixty-two. 

Those  old  clothes  don't  fit  me,  Mary,  like  they  did  when  I  was  young; 
Don't  you  remember  how  neatly  to  my  manly  form  they  clung  ? 
Never  mind  the  sleeve  that's  empty,  let  it  dangle  loose  and  free, 
For  I  am  going  out  parading  with  the  boys  of  sixty -three. 

Draw  my  sword  belt  tighter,  Mary,  fix  the  strap  beneath  my  chin, 
For  I  have  grown  old  and  threadbare,  like  my  uniform,  and  thin; 
But  I  reckon  I'll  pass  muster,  as  I  did  in  the  days  of  yore, 
For  I  am  going  out  parading  with  the  boys  of  sixty-four. 

Now  I'm  ready,  kiss  me,  Mary,  kiss  3^our  old  sweetheart  good-bye, 
Brush  aside  those  wayward  tear  drops,  Lord,  I  didn't  think  you'd  cry. 
I  am  not  going  forth  to  battle,  cheer  up,  Mary,  sakes  alive, 
I  am  just  going  out  parading  with  the  boys  of  sixty-five. 


THE  BLUE  AND  THE  GRAY. 

By  the  flow  of  the  inland  river, 

Whence  the  fleets  of  iron  have  fled, 
Where  the  blades  of  the  grave  grass  quiver. 
Asleep  are  the  ranks  of  the  dead. 
Under  the  sod.  and  the  dews, 
Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Under  the  one,  the  Blue, 
Under  the  other,  the  Gray. 

These  in  the  robings  of  glory. 

Those,  in  the  gloom  of  defeat, 
All,  with  the  battle-blood  gory, 
In  the  dusk  of  Eternity  meet. 
Under  the  sod,  and  the  dew. 

Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Under  the  laurel,  the  Blue; 
Under  the  willow,  the  Gray. 

From  the  silence  of  sorrowful  hours 

The  desolate  momemts  go. 
Lovingly  laden  with  flowers, 
AHke  for  the  friend  and  the  foe. 
Under  the  sod,  and  the  dew. 

Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Under  the  roses,  the  Blue; 
Under  the  liUies,  the  Gray. 
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So  with  an  equal  splendor, 
The  morning  sunrays  fall, 
With  a  touch,  impartially  tender, 
On  the  blossoms  blooming  for  all. 
Under  the  sod,  and  the  dew. 

Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Broidered  with  gold,  the  Blue, 
Mellowed  with  gold,  the  gra^^. 

So,  when  the  summer  calleth 

On  forest  and  fields  of  grain, 
With  an  equal  murmur  falleth 
The  cooling  drip  of  the  rain. 
Under  the  sod,  and  the  dew. 

Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Wet  with  the  rain,  the  Blue; 
Wet  with  the  rain,  the  Gray. 

Sadly,  but  not  with  upbraiding. 

The  generous  deed  was  done; 
In  the  storms  ofthe  years  that  are  fading 
No  braver  battle  was  won. 
Under  the  sod,  and  the  dtw. 

Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Under  the  blossoms,  the  Blue; 
Under  the  garlands,  the  Gray. 


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No  more  shall  the  war-cry  sever, 

Or  the  winding  rivers  be  red; 
They  banish  our  anger  forever 
When  they  laurel  the  graves  of  our  dead! 
Under  the  sod,  and  the  dew, 

Waiting  the  Judgment  day; 
Love  and  tears  for  the  Blue; 
Tears  and  love  for  the  Gray. 

— Dixieland. 


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THE  LAST  CONFEDERATE. 

Flora  Ellice  Stevens. 

Who  will  it  be,  and  where  will  it  be, 
And  when  will  it  be,  none  knows ; 

On  height  or  plain,  or  the  blue  sea  lane, 
When  the  Last  Confederate  goes. 

Rounding  half  of  the  century, 

Yet  no  man  knoweth  the  hour; 
Last  of  an  army  passed,  that  rose 

Like  hosts  of  the  sun  in  its  flower. 

The  drummer  boy  of  sad  Shiloh 

Will  it  be,  or  the  lad  with  Hood? 
The  youth  at  his  fallen  sire's  post. 

That  the  bearded  foe  withstood? 

Gold  is  the  coin  of  youth,  but  age 

Its  debt  in  silver  pays; 
Gold  at  Manassas  his  its  dues 

Age  at  Death's  Appomattox  lays. 

His — a  nation  born  in  an  April  morn, 
^And  laid  in  an  April  eve; 

His — a  banner  wind-tossed  for  four  short  years, 
That  the  winds  for  aye  shall  grieve. 


Who  will  it  be,  and  when  will  it  be? 

But  one  will  the  Last  Confederate  be; 
They'll  wait  him  who  passed,  till  the  rolls  be  complete, 

All  the  rolls  of  Jackson  and  Lee. 

Then  men  will  bear  to  his  resting  place, 

And  carve  on  a  white  grave  stone, 
"Here  lies  the  last  of  a  gallant  host ; 

The  Last  Confederate's  gone." 


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THE  OLD  NORTH  STATE. 
SONG  AND  CHORUS. 


Words  by  Hon.  William  Gaston. 


1. 

Carolina!  Carolina!  Heaven's  blessings  attend  her|! 
While  we  live  we  will  cherish,  protect  and  defend  her ; 
Though  the  scorner  may  sneer  at  and  witlings  defame  her, 
Our  hearts  swell  with  gladness  whenever  we  name  her. 


Hurrah !  Hurrah !  the  Old  North  State  forever ! 
Hurrah !  Hurrah !  the  good  Old  North  State ! 


Though  she  envies  not  others  their  merited  glory, 
Yet  her  name  stands  the  foremost  in  Liberty's  story ! 
Though  too  true  to  herself  e'er  to  crouch  to  oppression, 
None  e'er  yields  to  just  rule  more  loyal  submission. 

CHORUS. 
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3. 

Plain  and  artless  her  sons,  but  whose  doors  open  faster, 
To  the  knock  of  the  stranger,  or  tale  of  disaster  ? 
How  like  to  the  rudeness  of  their  native  mountains,  ♦ 
Rich  ore  in  their  bosoms  and  life  in  their  fountains. 


And  her  daughters,  the  queen  of  the  forest  resembling. 
So  graceful,  so  constant,  to  gentlest  breath  trembling, 
So  true  at  their  hearts  when  the  test  is  applied  them. 
How  blessed  each  day  as  we  spend  it  beside  them  ! 

CHORUS. 


Then  let  all  who  love  us,  love  the  land  that  we  live  in, 
(As  happy  a  reign  as  this  side  of  Heaven) , 
Where  Plenty  and  Freedom,  Love  and  Peace  smile  before  us, 
Raise  aloud,  raise  together,  the  heart-thrilling  chorus  ! 
Hurrah !  Hurrah,  etc. 


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HO!   FOR  CAROLINA  I 


By  Rev.  Wm.  B.  Harrell. 


The  author  suggets  that  when  this  song  is  rendered  on  public  occasions,  the 
pleasant  effect  will  be  much  greater  if  the  Fourth  stanza  is  sung  bj-  the  gentlemen 
only,  the  Fifth  by  the  ladies  only,  and  the  audience  joins  in  singing  the  Sixth  stanza 
and  chorus  at  conclusion. 

Let  no  heart  in  sorrow  weep  for  other  days ; 

Let  no  idle  dreamers  tell  in  melting  lays 

Of  the  merry  meetings  in  the  rosy  bowers; 

For  there  is  no  land  on  earth  like  this  fair  land  of  ours. 

Chorus. — Ho !  for  Carolina!  that's  the  land  for  me ; 

In  her  happy  borders  roam  the  brave  and  free ; 
And  her  bright-eyed  daughters,  none  can  fairer  be, 
Oh!  it  is  the  land  of  love,  and  sweet  Liberty. 

Down  in  Carolina  grows  the  lofty  pine, 

And  her  groves  and  forests  bear  the  scented  vine ; 

Here  are  peaceful  homes,  too,  nestling  'mid  the  flowers, — 

Oh  !  there  is  no  land  on  earth  like  this  fair  land  of  ours. 

Ho !  for  Carolina|! 

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Come  to  Carolina  in  the  summer  time, 

When  the  luscious  fruits  are  han^ng  in  their  prime, 

And  the  maidens  singing  in  the  leafy  bowers ; 

Oh !  there  is  no  land  on  earth  like  this  fair  land  of  ours. 

Ho !  for  Carolina ! 

All  her  girls  are  chraming,  graceful,  too,  and  gay, 
Happy  as  the  blue-birds  in  the  month  of  May ; 
And  they  steal  your  heart,  too,  by  their  magic  powers, — 
Oh !  there  are  no  girls  on  earth  that  can  compare  with  ours. 

Ho !  for  Carolina  ! 

And  her  sons  so  true,  in  "warp  and  woof"  and  'grain," 
First  to  shed  their  blood  on  Freedom's  battle-plain  ; 
And  the  first  to  hail,  from  sea  to  mountain  bowers. 
Strangers  from  all  other  lands  to  this  fair  land  of  ours. 

Ho  !  for  Carolina  ! 

Then,  for  Carolina,  brave,  and  free,  and  strong, 
Sound  the  meed  of  praises  "in  story  and  in  song" 
From  her  fertile  vales  and  lofty  granite  towers, — 
For  there  is  no  land  on  earth  like  this  fair  land  of  ours. 

Ho  !  for  Carolina ! 

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MEMORANDUM. 


The  matter  relating  to  the  erection  and  unveiling  of 
the  Bethel  MonuniLnt  w -is  obtained  too  late  to  occupy 

its  propel  pi  icc  m  the  Pi  ichure  hence  itb  insertion  here. 


*~1 


-^  I-' 


ThS  Inscriptions  on  Face  of  Shaft. 

'■To  Cc.mmcmorate  the  Battle  of  Betlid,  June  10th, 
ISRl,  first  coiiflictbctweentheConrederateUiml  Forces, 
a'lri  in  memory  of  Henrv  Lawsou  Wvatt,  private  Co.  A.. 


On  Rear  of  Shaft. 

"Erected  by  the  Bethel  Monument  Association  of  Vir- 
ginia and  North  Carolina,  June  10th,  1905." 

On  Both  Sides  of  Shaft. 

On  both  side  of  the  shaft  are  reproduced  the  "stars  and 
bars"  flag  of  the  Confederacv,  with  the  word  "Bethel" 
above  the  date  "1861"  beneath  on  one  side,  and  "1905" 
on  the  other  side. 


On  the 


Inscription  on  Marker. 

e   marker,  which  is  placed    on    wl 
;he  e.-:act  spot  where   Wyatt  fell. 


beheved  to   be  thi 

following; 

"On  this  spot,  June  10th,  1861,  fell  Henry  Lawson 

Wyatt,  private,  Co  A.,  First  Regiment,  N.C.  Volunteers. 

Tliis  stone  placed  here  bv   the  courtesy   of  Virginia,   is 

erected  by  authority  of  the  State  of  North  Carolina. 
"E.J.  Hale, 
"W.  E.  Kvi-E, 
"JNO.  H.  Thoupe, 
"W.  B.  Taylor, 
"R.  H.  Ricks, 

"Commissioners." 

Memorial  Tablets. 

The  Legislature  of  1905  passed  a  bill  authorizing  the 
erection  on  the  battlefield  at  Chiekamauga  of  a  memorial 
tablet  to  mark  the  locality  of  the  far  advances  of  the 
Tar    Heel  troops,    which  pushed    farther   toward   the 


enemy  there  tliaii  the  soldiery  of  aii}'  other  State,  and  on 
the  battlefield  of  Bethel  Court  House,  a  memorial  tablet 
to  mark  the  spot  where  young  Wyatt  was  killed  in  1861, 
the  first  Comt'derate  soldier  killed  in  the  war  between 
the  States. 

The  act  was  as  follows: 

"Wliereas,  at  the  battle  of  Bethel.  Va.,  on  the  10th  of 
June,  1861,  Henry  L.  Wvatt,  a  private  soldier  from 
North  Carolina,  was  the  first  Confedrate  soldier  killed  in 
battle,  and  at  Chicamauga,  North  Carolina  troops  made 
the  farthest  advance,  both  on  the  19th  and  20th  of 
September,  1S63;  and,  whereas,  there  is  no  memorial  to 
mark  these  historic  spots,  save  a  pine  board  tacked  to  a 
telegraph  pole  at  Chickamauga,  on  whicli  field  the  posi- 
tions held  by  other  troops  from  our  sister  Southern 
States  are  marked  by  costly  and  appropriate  memorials, 
now,  therefore, 

"The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  do  enact: 

That  in  honor  of  so  much  valor,  tablets,  with  appro- 
priate inscriptions,  shall  be  erected  to  mark  the  farthest 
advance  of  the  North  CaroHna  troops  at  CliickanuiuKa, 
at  a  cost  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dt>llars  for  said 
tablets,  includinti  all  accompanying  expenses,  and  Judge 
A.  C.  Avery,  chairman;  James  M.  Ray,  M.  C.  Toms, 
Isaac  H.  Bailey  and  Henry  C.  Chambers  are  hereby 
appointed  special  commissioners  to  prepare  suitable 
inscription  and  procure  and  supervise  the  erection  and 
placing  the  tablets. 

"That  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  tablet  tu  mark  the 
spot  where  Wvatt  Jell,  Major  E.J.Hale,  chairman;  Capt. 
\V.  E.  Kyle.  Capt.  John  H.  Thorpe.  Capt.  W.  B.  Taylor 
and  R.  H.  Ricks  are  hereby  appointed  a  special  cominis- 
sion  to  prepare  suitable  inscriptions  and  supervise  the 
erection  and  placing  of  the  tablets  to  mark  the  appro- 
priate spot  at  Bethel,  Va.,  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  fur  said  purpose,  including  all 
attendant  expenses. 

"The  above  sums  are  appropriated  for  said  purposes 
to  be  paid  on  the  order  of  the  chairman  of  the  respective 
commissioners,  and  approved  by  the  governor." 

Bethel. 

The  Battle  of  Bethel  was  fought  Monday.  June  10, 
1861.  The  engagement  began  at  9  a.  m.'and  lasted 
until  half  past  1 

The  1st  North  Carolina,  afterwards  known  as  the 
"Bethel,"  Regiment,  SOO  strong,  and  4-00  Virginians, 
including  the  Richmond  Howitzers,  coniuKindtd  \'v  Ahij. 
Randolph,  afterwards  Secretary  of  War,  ccinstitntc-d  the 
Confederate  forces — all  under  the  command  uf  Colonel, 
afterwards  Lieut.-General,  Daniel  H.  Hill. 

TheFedcrals  numbered  4, -tOO  men— the  1st,  2d,  3d.  5th 
and  7th  New  York  Regiments,  the  1st  Vermont,  the  4th 
Massachusetts,  and  a  detachment  of  the  2d  U.  S.  Artillery, 


Casualties. 

Private  Henry  Lawson  Wvatt,  Co.  A,  1st  North  Caro- 
lina Regiment,  mortally  wounded,  and  6  members  of  the 
regiment  wounded;  3  members  of  the  Richmond  Howit- 
zers wounded,  and  Lieutenant  J.  \V.  Ratchford.  aide  to 
Col.  D.  H.  Hill,  contusion  in  forehead  from  grape  shot; 
1  killed.  10  wounded. 

The  Federal  loss  was  estimated  by  Colonel  Hill  at  300. 
Maj.-General  Benjamin  F.  Butler,  who  dispatched  the 
expedition  from  Fortress  Monroe,  reported  his  loss,  IS 
killed,  including  Major  Winthrop  and  LieutenantGrieble, 
53  wounded  and  5  missing. 

Contemporaneous  Remarks  of  the  Press. 

The  Richmond  Dispatch  said:  "It  is  one  of  the  most 
extraordinary  victories  in  the  annals  of  war.  Four 
thousand  thoroughly  drilled  and  equipped  troops  routed 
and  driven  from  the  field  by  only  1,100  men  .  .  .  The 
courage  and  conduct  of  the  noble  sons  of  the  South 
engaged  in  this  battle  are  beyond  all  praise.  They  have 
crowned  the  name  of  their  country  with  imperishable 
lustre  and  made  their  own  names  immortal. 

"With  common  consent  credit  was  given  to  North 
Carolina  as  the  chief  actor  in  the  great  achievement." 

The  Petersburg  Express  said:  "All  hail  to  the  brave 
sons  of  the  Old  North  State,  whom  Providence  seems  to 
have  thrust  forward  in  the  first  pitched  battle  on  Vir- 
ginia soil  inbehalf  of  Southern  rights  and  independence." 

The  Richmond  Whig  said:  "The  North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment covered  itself  with  glory  at  the  Battle  of  Bethel." 

The  Richmond  Examiner,  the  leading  paper  of  the 
Confederacy,  said :  "Honor  to  those  to  whom  honor  is 
due.  All  our  troops  appear  to  have  behaved  nobly  at 
Bethel,  but  the  honors  of  the  day  are  clearly  due  to  the 
splendid  regiment  of  North  Carolina,  whose  charge  of 
bayonets  decided  it,  and  pressaged  their  conduct  on 
manj'  a  more  important  field," 


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